as in corpse
a dead body medical students who train by using cadavers

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Recent Examples of cadaver Eventually, the search measures would include drones, helicopters, boats, cadaver dogs, and volunteer teams, but none turned up any trace of Jon, according to Sheriff King. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025 Olsen’s dental team also had to rebuild her jawbone with cadaver bone grafts, wire her jaw shut, remove broken teeth, and stabilize ones that became loose. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025 Drones, a swift water team, cadaver dogs and even GoPros were used in the Cascade Mountain range outside the city of Leavenworth, a rural area known for its wild beauty and treacherous terrain. Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025 Despite an exhaustive search using drones, cadaver dogs and divers, authorities have never found Delphine's body or any other forensic evidence, The Times of London reports. Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cadaver
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corpse
Noun
  • Israel wiped out entire cities with nothing left but an abundance of rubble mixed with thousands of corpses stuck underneath.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • And now one of those corpses could soon be Evelyn’s.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025

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“Cadaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadaver. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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